From 200dfa168c839b9b0beaf1da449390f6ce0c0f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yuyang18 <yuyang18@1ad973e4-5ce8-4261-8a94-b56d1f490c56>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 02:48:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add settings documentation

Also fix link in quick_start

ISSUE=4611783



git-svn-id: https://svn.baidu.com/idl/trunk/paddle@1474 1ad973e4-5ce8-4261-8a94-b56d1f490c56
---
 doc_cn/demo/quick_start/index.md              |  2 +-
 .../trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.py      | 48 +++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc_cn/demo/quick_start/index.md b/doc_cn/demo/quick_start/index.md
index e799e454f21..d6aa6625650 100644
--- a/doc_cn/demo/quick_start/index.md
+++ b/doc_cn/demo/quick_start/index.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ## 安装(Install)
 
-首先请参考<a href = "../../build/index.html">安装教程</a>安装PaddlePaddle。
+首先请参考<a href = "../../build_and_install/install/index.html">安装教程</a>安装PaddlePaddle。
 
 ## 使用概述(Overview)
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.py b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.py
index f0e51c3de53..ed676ac2152 100644
--- a/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.py
+++ b/python/paddle/trainer_config_helpers/optimizers.py
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ class BaseSGDOptimizer(Optimizer):
         w = w - \\eta \\nabla Q(w) = w - \\eta \\sum_{i}^{n} \\nabla Q_i(w)
 
     where :math:`\\eta` is learning rate. And :math:`n` is batch size.
-
-    The SGD method is implemented by paddle with multiple extensions. Such as
-    momentum, adagrad, rmsprop, adam. Please use method 'use_xxx', such as
-    use_adam, to enhance the SGD method.
-
-    WARNING: IN PADDLE'S IMPLEMENTATION, BATCH_SIZE IS SET FOR ONE COMPUTE
-    PROCESS(NODE). IF YOU USE MULTIPLE MACHINE TO TRAIN YOUR NETWORK, THE GLOBAL
-    BATCH SIZE WILL BE (BATCH_SIZE * MACHINE_COUNT).
     """
 
     def to_setting_kwargs(self):
@@ -352,17 +344,35 @@ def settings(batch_size,
              gradient_clipping_threshold=None
              ):
     """
-    TODO(yuyang18): Complete docs.
-
-
-    :param batch_size:
-    :param learning_rate:
-    :param learning_method:
-    :param regularization:
-    :param is_async:
-    :param model_average:
-    :param gradient_clipping_threshold:
-    :return:
+    Set the optimization method, learning rate, batch size, and other training
+    settings. The currently supported algorithms are SGD and Async-SGD.
+
+    ..  warning::
+
+        Note that the 'batch_size' in PaddlePaddle is not equal to global
+        training batch size. It represents the single training process's batch
+        size. If you use N processes to train one model, for example use three
+        GPU machines, the global batch size is N*'batch_size'.
+
+    :param batch_size: batch size for one training process.
+    :type batch_size: int
+    :param learning_rate: learning rate for SGD
+    :type learning_rate: float
+    :param learning_method: The extension optimization algorithms of gradient
+                            descent, such as momentum, adagrad, rmsprop, etc.
+                            Note that it should be instance with base type
+                            BaseSGDOptimizer.
+    :type learning_method: BaseSGDOptimizer
+    :param regularization: The regularization method.
+    :type regularization: BaseRegularization
+    :param is_async: Is Async-SGD or not. Default value is False.
+    :type is_async: bool
+    :param model_average: Model Average Settings.
+    :type model_average: ModelAverage
+    :param gradient_clipping_threshold: gradient clipping threshold. If gradient
+                                        value larger than some value, will be
+                                        clipped.
+    :type gradient_clipping_threshold: float
     """
     if isinstance(regularization, BaseRegularization):
         regularization = [regularization]
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